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Billy Aouste is the new media specialist for The Heartland Institute. He is responsible for many projects at Heartland, including producing and managing social media outreach; pitching op-eds to print and digital publications; producing Heartland's weekly email; editing Heartland’s blog, the Freedom Pub; and tracking Heartland experts’ media hits.

Aouste is a graduate from DePaul University with a BA in Political Science. While studying he participated in the Fund for American Studies program in Washington D.C. Prior to joining Heartland in 2015, he was a staff intern on Bruce Rauner’s successful Illinois gubernatorial campaign. Aouste resides in Hainseville, Illinois.

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Farm Bill Shows the GOP at its Worst
H. Sterling Burnett, Sun SentinelWarning: Congress is preparing to pass a new farm bill. Unfortunately, this means we are due for yet another Soviet-style, five-year agriculture plan.

Jay Lehr Debates a Climate AlarmistJesse Hathaway, Investor’s Business DailyA Congressional Budget Office report says the gap between spending and revenue will continue to widen as Congress fails again to address the debt time bomb.

Pay Teachers or Bureaucrats?Hosts: Andy Singer
Guest: Lennie Jarratt, Chris Talgo
Teachers are striking for the wrong reasons. An ever-expanding bureaucracy is siphoning money that could go towards these educators..

History Behind the Bill of RightsHosts: Lindsey Stroud and Chris Talgo
Guest: David Shestokas
This episode of Constitutional Soundbites, features a discussion about the relationship between the Declaration to the Bill of Rights.

The Promise of Child Safety Accounts
Arianna Wilkerson and Lennie Jarratt, American SpectatorChild Safety Accounts, which would be available to every student stuck in a dangerous school, would revolutionize school safety.

A Carbon Tax Would Be DisastrousH. Sterling Burnett, Washington ExaminerAll should applaud the unwavering effort by Congressmen Steve Scalise (R-LA) and David McKinley’s (R-WV) to prevent the passage of a federal carbon tax.